.He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, he is known as the first Baby Boomer president.^And in December we will have been in Iraq longer than we were in World War II. How can anyone still believe that we should have went into Iraq.

.Clinton was described as a New Democrat and was largely known for the Third Way philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president.^But in what his aides describe as a new speech on fighting terrorism, the president answered Kerry's frequent charge that his administration let Osama bin Laden get away in Afghanistan.

[4][5].Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a federal surplus.^Former President Bill Clinton says his wife first learned of her possible future as Secretary of State the same way that most Americans first heard of Sen.

^The excerpt also touches upon how after the impeachment trial, pseudo-scandal mongering by the media — including the New York Times — helped deflect public attention from President Clinton’s struggle with terrorism.” .

.Clinton left office with an approval rating at 66%, the highest end of office rating of any president since World War II.[13] Since then, he has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work.^So it was left to an angry woman in this city in which, as the Soviets saw it, they helped save the world from the Nazis, to inform me that President Ronald Reagan had threatened to bomb the USSR. .

.Clinton created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote and address international causes such as treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming.^'This is an urgent problem as there are hundreds of people dying every day,' Coordinator of the HIV/AIDS initiative at the Clinton Presidential Foundation, Ira Magaziner, said.

^Clinton Foundation Provides Help to Caribbean AIDS Patients 31-Aug-02 Bill Clinton Our last constitutionally-elected President continues his good works: "The William J Clinton Presidential Foundation is working to assist Caribbean countries in preventing the spread of HIV AIDS and to treat patients, officials say.

[15] His father, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., was a traveling salesman who died in an automobile accident three months before Bill was born.[1].Following his birth, in order to study nursing, his mother Virginia Dell Cassidy (1923–1994), traveled to New Orleans, leaving Bill in Hope with grandparents Eldridge and Edith Cassidy, who owned and operated a small grocery store.^Bill has such a deep respect for the institution of marraige, as evidenced by his own behavior toward a woman he claims to love and who is the mother of his child.

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^SEPTEMBER 29, 2005: Seven hundred : That is the number of Iraqi soldiers -- one battalion's worth -- who can operate on their own in battle.

Although he assumed use of his stepfather's surname, it was not until Billy (as he was known then) turned fourteen that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather.[16] Clinton says he remembers his stepfather as a gambler and an alcoholic who regularly abused his mother and half-brother Roger Clinton, Jr., to the point where he intervened multiple times with the threat of violence in order to protect them.[16][17]

In Hot Springs, Clinton attended St. John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and Hot Springs High School - where he was an active student leader, avid reader, and musician.[16].He was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band's saxophone section.^He played the saxophone with the band, and within the year he started building for his 1992 campaign."

.I loved music and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or Stan Getz.^So my view of this is that I never thought she had a big lead in Iowa and never thought she could have one.

.I was interested in medicine and thought I could be a fine doctor, but I knew I would never be Michael DeBakey.^Would never have heard a peep about this but they thought that it would be to their advantage politically.

.In 1963, two influential moments in Clinton's life contributed to his decision to become a public figure.^Branch would visit the White House whenever Clinton said he had a few hours free, and the two would have a candid conversation on the political events of the moment.

^The former president started with a discussion of the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual meeting of donors for social action that will meet today in New York, which he has undertaken since leaving the White House.

.Clinton's political opponents charge that, during his college years, he used the political influence of a U.S. Senator who employed him as an aide to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War.^Was AWOL during the Vietnam war.

^Washington Post, 1/17/1999 ] Accusations of Political Distraction - Many of Clinton’s political opponents, including Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators and radio hosts, accuse Clinton, both during and after the strikes, of attempting to use a military operation to distract the nation from his admission of a sexual liaison with intern Monica Lewinsky.

[24] Col. Eugene Holmes, an Army officer who was involved in Clinton's case, issued a notarized statement during the 1992 presidential campaign: "...I was informed by the draft board that it was of interest to Senator Fullbright's office that Bill Clinton, a Rhodes Scholar, should be admitted to the ROTC program... I believe that he purposely deceived me, using the possibility of joining the ROTC as a ploy to work with the draft board to delay his induction and get a new draft classification."[25][26]

.Clinton did not join the ROTC program, but the temporary ROTC status prevented him from being drafted.^Bill Clinton when Hillary declined to join him and Madeline Albright in a three way.

^Also now instead of a single conversation he allegedly overheard at a casino regarding someone voting for hillary being told they would not be able to, he now spoke to someone who told him that union officials prevented them from voting, did you report this bill?

^GREENFIELD (VO) Even the widely publicized charges of marital infidelity three weeks ago did not derail his campaign, but when The Wall Street Journal last week charged that Clinton had received a Vietnam draft deferment for an ROTC program he never joined, the ground seemed to shift.

This was not illegal, but it became a source of criticism from conservatives and some Vietnam veterans.[27][28][29]

.After Oxford, Clinton attended Yale Law School and obtained a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1973.[17] While at Yale, he began dating law student Hillary Rodham, who was a year ahead of him.^Hillary Rodham Clinton would make her husband a roaming ambassador to the world if she is elected president, with the aim of improving America's tattered image.

They married on October 11, 1975, and their only child, Chelsea, was born on February 27, 1980.

.During Yale, Clinton took a job with the McGovern campaign and was assigned to lead McGovern's effort in Texas.^(A rare exception came during a light moment on the campaign trail last weekend, when Obama took Bill Clinton to task for saying during his 1992 presidential bid that he had smoked marijuana, but never inhaled.

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^At a press conference during the visit, Clinton also supported the Kazakh goal to lead the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

.He spent considerable time in Dallas, Texas, at the McGovern campaign's local headquarters on Lemmon Avenue where he had an office.^The two fell in love and moved together to Texas, where they worked on George McGovern's Presidential campaign in 1972.

.There, Clinton worked with Ron Kirk, who was later elected mayor of Dallas twice, future governor of Texas Ann Richards, and then unknown television director (and future filmmaker) Steven Spielberg.^For many reasons, including his work in Africa, I hope that President Clinton wins the Nobel Peace Prize in the near future.

.A year later, he ran for the House of Representatives in 1974. The incumbent, John Paul Hammerschmidt, defeated Clinton by a 52% to 48% margin.^[Source: About (.com)] Bill Clinton, a University of Arkansas law professor and candidate for the House of Representatives, says his opponent, John Paul Hammerschmidt (R-AR), is wrong in opposing President Nixon’s resignation, and is wrong to question whether Nixon committed impeachable offenses.

.Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana.^HOWEVER, without term limits we’d have been looking at 20 years of Reagan the rhinestone cowboy, and Clinton would still be governor of Arkansas.

He became the youngest governor in the country at age thirty-two. .He worked on educational reform and Arkansas's roads, with wife Hillary leading a successful committee on urban health care reform.^Jack, we should send Bill out to explain Health Care Reform at the Town Hall meetings.

^But if everyone is ok with 70% of what they make going to health care, education, and everything else under the sun - can I please have my mandated 35 hour work week and one month of vacation a year too?

.However, his term included an unpopular motor vehicle tax and citizens' anger over the escape of Cuban refugees (from the Mariel boatlift) detained in Fort Chaffee in 1980. Monroe Schwarzlose of Kingsland in Cleveland County, polled 31% of the vote against Clinton in the Democratic gubernatorial primary of 1980. Some suggested Schwarzlose's unexpected voter turnout foreshadowed Clinton's defeat in the general election that year by Republican challenger Frank D. White.^I am a Democrat and voted for Clinton, but facts are facts.

.Clinton joined friend's Bruce Lindsey's law firm of Wright, Lindsey and Jennings, though he spent most of the next two years working on his re-election campaign.^Bill Clinton: But Senator Edwards has a well-earned, huge cadre of support in Iowa because he's worked it for seven long years.

.Clinton was again elected governor and kept his job for ten years.^Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) drew cheers when he hailed Clinton as "the last elected president of the U.S." and said, "It is our job to say we're not getting over Florida."

He helped Arkansas transform its economy and significantly improve the state's educational system. .He became a leading figure among the New Democrats.^Sir this news was came in -Leading news paper of india , so Lal Krishan Advaani became Vice Prime minister of india !

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[3].The New Democrats, organized within the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) were a branch of the Democratic Party that called for welfare reform and smaller government, a policy supported by both Democrats and Republicans.^Footnote to the Democratic primary: Among the worries of the party faithful about New York Sen.

.The Arkansas Education Standards Committee, chaired by Clinton's wife, attorney and Legal Services Corporation chair Hillary Rodham Clinton, succeeded in reforming the education system, transforming it from the worst in the nation, into one of the best.^Hillary Rodham Clinton would make her husband a roaming ambassador to the world if she is elected president, with the aim of improving America's tattered image.

This has been considered by many the greatest achievement of the Clinton governorship. .Clinton and the committee were responsible for state educational improvement programs, notably more spending for schools, rising opportunities for gifted children, an increase in vocational education, raising of teachers' salaries, inclusion of a wider variety of courses, and mandatory teacher testing for aspiring educators.^Changing admission rules and rent calculations to reward working families and increase opportunity and responsibility.

.The Clinton's personal and business affairs during the 1980s included transactions which became the basis of the Whitewater investigation, which dogged his later presidential administration.^Listen to her describe how Ken Starr tried to blackmail mail her into manufacturing evidence against President Bill Clinton in the 'Whitewater' investigation.

[30].After extensive investigation over several years, no indictments were made against the Clintons related to the years in Arkansas.^CLINTON: But we also made some real progress and -- and I developed respectful relations with Kim Jong Il and with his father, Kim Il Sung, because I was very direct with them, very straightforward, no ambiguity, but I never tried to humiliate them in public.

He defeated a total of four Republican candidates for governor, Lowe (1978), White (1982 and 1986), and businessmen Woody Freeman of Jonesboro (1984) and Sheffield Nelson of Little Rock (1990).

Democratic presidential primaries of 1988

Governor and Mrs. Clinton attend the Dinner Honoring the Nation's Governors in the White House with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, 1987. Though Governor Clinton had little to do with national politics at the time, Hillary Rodham had, several years previously, clashed over Legal Services Corporation funding with President Reagan as the organization's chair, a position she was appointed to by President Carter.

.In 1987 there was media speculation Clinton would enter the race after then-New York GovernorMario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity.^This country would be a better place if we had more democrats like Clinton and Gore!

.Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas governor (following consideration for the potential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton for governor, initially favored, but ultimately vetoed, by the First Lady).^Hillary Rodham Clinton would make her husband a roaming ambassador to the world if she is elected president, with the aim of improving America's tattered image.

1992 presidential campaign

.Due to his youthful appearance he was often called the "Boy Governor". In the first contest, the Iowa caucus, he finished a very distant third to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.^Remarks at a Reception for Senator Tom Harkin in Des Moines .

.During the campaign for the New Hampshire Primary reports of an extramarital affair with Gennifer Flowers surfaced.^ABC News has an interview with former President Bill Clinton in which he says he's not a racist for the things he said during the Democratic primary race between his wife, Sen.

.As Clinton fell far behind former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire polls,[17] following the Super Bowl, Clinton and his wife Hillary went on 60 Minutes to refute the charges.^The Jr. Senator from New York Challenges the Jr. Resident from Texas 14-Feb-01 Bill Clinton In her first Senate speech, Hillary Clinton (D-NY) challenged Resident Bush to embrace the bi-partisan patients' bill of rights offered by Sen.

^WASHINGTON (CNN) - Democrat Barack Obama has become increasingly critical of presidential rival Hillary Clinton as the primaries draw near, but when it comes to the New York senator's famous husband, Obama has nothing but praise.

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^Obama's comments are so true when he point out that Hillary's claims of experience just because she was Bill Clinton's wife are really ridiculous.

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Their television appearance was a calculated risk but Clinton regained several delegates. He finished second to Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary, but after trailing badly in the polls and coming within single digits of winning, the media viewed it as a victory. .On election night, Clinton labeled himself "The Comeback Kid", earning a firm second place finish.^But Bill Clinton is six weeks younger than his successor, and was only fifty-four when he finished his second term.

.Winning the big prizes of Florida and Texas and many of the Southern primaries gave Clinton a sizable delegate lead.^She thinks it would be easier to argue to superdelegates that Clinton should be the nominee if the Michigan and Florida delegations were seated.

^The last thing Barack Obama's campaign wanted at this morning's Democratic Party showdown over the Michigan and Florida delegates was a big clash outside between their supporters and those of Hillary Clinton.

.However, former California Governor Jerry Brown was scoring victories and Clinton had yet to win a significant contest outside of his native South.^HOWEVER, without term limits we’d have been looking at 20 years of Reagan the rhinestone cowboy, and Clinton would still be governor of Arkansas.

.With no major Southern state remaining, Clinton targeted the New York primary, which contained a large number of delegates.^Footnote to the Democratic primary: Among the worries of the party faithful about New York Sen.

[33].Having been transformed into the consensus candidate, he secured the Democratic Party nomination, finishing with a victory in Jerry Brown's home state of California.^DES MOINES -- Iowa is abuzz with presidential politics today, with seven Republican and Democratic candidates and a former president in the state today.

^In a measure of the strengthened position Democrats enjoy in the mid-term elections, the national party is now pumping money and star power into a conservative southern state that was supposed to be safe turf for Republicans.

.Clinton won the 1992 presidential election (43.0% of the vote) against Republican incumbent George H. W. Bush (37.4% of the vote) and billionaire populistRoss Perot, who ran as an independent (18.9% of the vote) on a platform focusing on domestic issues; a significant part of Clinton's success was Bush's steep decline in public approval.^"We can't pretend this is an election between one person who'll stand up for the state of Israel and one who won't," said Clinton."

^Oct-04 Bill Clinton Village voice: "Addressing a sea of supporters in Philadelphia at a midday rally, Bill Clinton scathingly attacked George Bush for trying to use the threat of terrorism to scare people away from voting.

.Because Bush's approval ratings were in the 80% range during the Gulf War, he was described as unbeatable.^Yet despite fawning coverage from the corporate media, Bush assumed offices with job approval ratings of only 42%, according to a Zogby poll.

However, when Bush compromised with Democrats in an attempt to lower Federal deficits, he reneged on his promise not to raise taxes, hurting his approval rating. .Clinton repeatedly condemned Bush for making a promise he failed to keep.^February 19, 2009: Barack Obama makes his first international trip as president to Canada today (unlike George W. Bush , who made a big point about going to Mexico first -- and made promises he did not keep).

[33].By election time, the economy was souring and Bush saw his approval rating plummet to slightly over 40%.^Yet despite fawning coverage from the corporate media, Bush assumed offices with job approval ratings of only 42%, according to a Zogby poll.

[33][34].Finally, conservatives were previously united by anti-communism, but with the end of the Cold War, the party lacked a uniting issue.^"The truth is that at a critical juncture in the Cold War, when Hungarians rose against their Soviet oppressors, the United States abandoned them.

.When Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson addressed Christian themes at the Republican National Convention, with Bush criticizing Democrats for omitting God from their platform, many moderates were alienated.^Largely Neoconservative in Makeup - Many of its co-signers will become the core of the Bush administration’s neoconservative-driven national security apparatus.

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^'Republicans will always have more money and the fervor of right-wing ideas.'...Republicans were able to appeal to voters by appearing strong and confident on national security matters, while Democrats appeared to be floundering.

[35].Clinton then pointed to his moderate, "New Democrat" record as governor of Arkansas, though some on the more liberal side of the party remained suspicious.^Footnote to the Democratic primary: Among the worries of the party faithful about New York Sen.

[36].Many Democrats who supported Ronald Reagan and Bush in previous elections switched their allegiance to Clinton.^"We can't pretend this is an election between one person who'll stand up for the state of Israel and one who won't," said Clinton."

.His election ended twelve years of Republican rule of the White House, and twenty of the previous twenty-four years.^OCTOBER 28, 2005: Is this year's October surprise the fact that the White House intends to pick itself up after the five indictments and subsequent resignation of Lewis Libby and ...

[1].It was the first time this had occurred since the Jimmy Carter presidency in the late 1970s.^As it happened, it was just in time to get in a few digs before Russia hosts the G-8 summit for the first time, in the face of calls for the U.S., or at least President Bush, not to show up.

^The campaign lasts for 79 days, and constitutes the first time since the War Powers Resolution became law in 1974 that any president has deployed US forces into overseas combat for over 60 days without Congressional authorization.

.However, during the campaign questions of conflict of interest regarding state business and the politically powerful Rose Law Firm, at which Hillary Rodham Clinton was a partner, arose.^August 4th, 2009 4:23 pm ET Bill has helped undermine Hillary Clinton's ability to project power and compentence in her position around the world.

.Clinton maintained questions were moot because all transactions with the state were deducted prior to determining Hillary's firm pay.^Hillary Clinton's nomination today, she is expected to parry questions about whether she might be influenced in any way by any of her husband's donors by pointing to her husband's new openness.

^And since the United States recognizes all citizens as equals, we cannot exclude some just because of a religious argument.

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^Hillary Rodham Clinton was the business baggage of Bill Clinton, including his lucrative relationship with Vinod Gupta, founder and CEO of the infoUSA database and marketing firm.

Presidency, 1993–2001

First term, 1993–1997

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.Clinton in his first address to the nation on February 15, 1993, announced his intention to raise taxes to cap the budget deficit.^CLINTON developed the nation’s first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.

.On February 17, 1993, in a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress, Clinton unveiled his economic plan.^The proposal is now being described as an economic, financial or national "rescue plan."

.The plan focused on deficit reduction rather than a middle class tax cut, which had been high on his campaign agenda.^Clinton also took aim at the growing budget deficit and Bush's tax cut proposals...

.Shortly after taking office, Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which required large employers to allow employees to take unpaid leave for pregnancy or a serious medical condition.^December 10, 1993: Clinton Signs North American Free Trade Agreement .

.While this action was popular, Clinton's attempt to fulfill another campaign promise of allowing openly homosexual men and women to serve in the armed forces garnered criticism from the left (for being too tentative in promoting gay rights) and from the right (who opposed any effort to allow homosexuals to serve).^So many good men and women who want to served their country can't.

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^I will continue to care for my straight neighbors to my left as much as my gay neighbors to the right.

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^As Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign rests on shaky ground, another Clinton might be in line to carry the family name back to the White House.

.After much debate, Congress implemented the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, stating as long as homosexuals keep their sexuality secret, they may serve in the military.^The world may not respect the office as they should…but they don’t respect the people who are disloyal to their own country even more!

.Some gay rights advocates criticized Clinton for not going far enough and accused him of making his campaign promise to get votes and contributions.^Someone is talking up the contributions Clinton has already been making to the campaign.

[43][44].These advocates feel Clinton should have integrated the military by executive order, noting President Harry Truman used executive order to racially desegregate the armed forces.^President Clinton issues Executive Order No.

.Clinton's defenders argue an executive order might have prompted the Democratic Senate to write the exclusion of homosexuals into law, potentially making it harder to integrate the military in the future.^President Clinton issues Executive Order No.

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.The Clinton administration launched the first official White House website on October 21, 1994.[46][47] It was followed by three more versions, resulting in the final edition launched in 2000.[48][49] The White House website was part of a wider movement of the Clinton administration toward web-based communication.^President Clinton was an embarrassment to the White House.

^For some context, during their four years in the White House, the least amount of gifts George and Barbara Bush accepted in any given year was $21,000; the most the Clintons accepted during their first four years was $16,000.

.According to Robert Longley, "Clinton and Gore were responsible for pressing almost all federal agencies, the U.S. court system and the U.S. military onto the Internet, thus opening up America's government to more of America's citizens than ever before.^Clinton said governments must do more...

.On July 17, 1996, Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 - Federal Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to fully utilize information technology to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public."^Executive Order 13083 - Federalism .

Bill Clinton with Ambassador Harry Schwarz who negotiated lifting the remaining sanctions on South Africa

.Also in 1993, Clinton controversially supported ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement by the U.S. Senate.^Message to the Congress Transmitting the Study on the Operation and Effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement .

.Opposition chiefly came from anti-trade Republicans, protectionist Democrats and supporters of Ross Perot.^And on these things, keep in mind, when I was president, I -- I really, I got some report after the first two years that I had more support among Democrats even than Lyndon Johnson enjoyed and unanimous opposition among Republicans on most things.

^The act, which passed with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate, was written by Trent Lott (R-MS) and other Republicans with significant input from Ahmed Chalabi and his aide, Francis Brooke.

.He also expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, a subsidy for low income workers.^Continuing to expand rental assistance for a record number of renter households who struggle to pay over 50% of their very low incomes toward rent and utilities.

.One of the most prominent items on Clinton's legislative agenda was the result of a taskforce headed by Hillary Clinton, which was a health care reform plan aimed at achieving universal coverage via a national healthcare plan.^A big regret he has: not achieving healthcare reform.

.Though initially well-received in political circles, it was ultimately doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry.^The “conservatives” allow themselves to be represented by media and political figures who demonstrate a complete lack of morality as well as a profound lack of respect for the truth.

[31].Despite his party holding a majority in Congress, the effort to create a national healthcare system ultimately died.^Indian Hindu ,and India have Hindu police ,Hindu army +Hindu Parties like Congress party =Dr Manmohan Singh =manmohan@sansad.nic.in ,BJP =RSS =VHP ,++Like hindu parties but all are hindu nation parties !!??

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^He has had many years, and he did not and does not have an opposing party with a majority in congress opposing EVERYTHIBG he tries to do.

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It was the first major legislative defeat of Clinton's administration.[3][31].Two months later, after two years of Democratic Party control, the Democrats lost control of Congress in the mid-term elections in 1994, for the first time in forty years.^Proclamation 6664 - Cancer Control Month, 1994 .

^(Note: this Hindu army controlled by Dr Manmohan =Congress party =Secular Hindu for 45 years !!

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^Hindu ,and ME =Gulf people see the how Hindu is dangerous for World then ME =Gulf !!??Hindu that is controlled by so secular power of india =Congress party not by BJP that hindu is dangerous fro world !!??

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.In August 1993, Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which passed Congress without a Republican vote.^Republican Congress and former FBI Director Louis Freeh (who allied himself with the anti-Clinton forces) undercut Clinton’s efforts to fight terrorism.

.It cut taxes for fifteen million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90% of small businesses,[52] and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% of taxpayers.^Coupled with a stable economy and low interest rates, this initiative is working to help 8 million more families become homeowners by the year 2000.

[53].Additionally, through the implementation of spending restraints, it mandated the budget be balanced over a number of years.^Clinton was harshest in his depiction of the $1.3 trillion tax cut that Bush pushed through Congress in 2001 and the additional $670 billion in cuts the president is proposing this year.

.Senators Ted Kennedy, a Democrat, and Orrin Hatch, a Republican, teamed up with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her staff in 1997 and succeeded in passing legislation forming the Children's Health Insurance Program, the largest (successful) health care reform in the years of the Clinton Presidency.^Will health care reform help or hurt Democrats in midterm elections?

^Same sex marriage – as an issue – will gain more visibility in the USA in the next few years, and if Mr. Clinton has his wife safely positioned on the right side of it, she will have a good chance to capture the LBGT vote.

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.Bill Clinton supported both bills as well, and signed both of them into law.^Law professor and House candidate Bill Clinton.

Travelgate controversy

.When Clinton fired several longtime employees of the White House Travel Office, controversy began on May 19, 1993. A whistleblower's letter, written during the George H. W. Bush administration, revealed evidence of financial malfeasance which led to an FBI investigation.^President Clinton was an embarrassment to the White House.

.Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr investigated the firings and found no evidence of wrongdoing by the Clintons.^Sep-00 Bill Clinton Don't count on the Independent Counsel to make a big deal out of clearing the Clintons in the Whitewater investigation.

White House FBI files controversy

.The White House FBI files controversy of June 1996 arose concerning improper access by the White House to FBI security-clearance documents.^This will drive a wedge between the FBI and Clinton’s White House and national security staff.

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.Craig Livingstone, head of the White House Office of Personnel Security, improperly requested, and received from the FBI, background report files without asking permission of the subject individuals; many of these were employees of former Republican administrations.^Will the terror report have aftershocks in the White House?

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^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

^Watch there activities all by satellite technology , no any other instrument required to attach on target !!??

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.Ray's report further stated "there was no substantial and credible evidence that any senior White House official was involved" in seeking the files.^Will the terror report have aftershocks in the White House?

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^Fed by stories from unnamed White House officials, the media reports that Air Force One was vandalized and looted by Clinton officials during the aircraft’s last trip with Clinton and former Clinton staffers on board.

Death penalty

.The application of the federal death penalty was expanded to include crimes not resulting in death, such as running a large-scale drug enterprise, by Clinton's 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill.^Gene Lyons Explains the 'Clinton Rules' 09-Mar-01 Bill Clinton "By mid-1994, however, things had gotten out of hand.

.After killing a police officer and a civilian, Rector shot himself in the head, leading to what his lawyers said was a state where he could still talk but didn't understand the concept of death.^I mean, much as you may dislike the guy for his style of government, his character, etc., he is still a head of state and deserves a decent level of respect.

The courts disagreed with the allegation of grave mental impairment and allowed the execution. .Clinton's return to Arkansas for the execution was framed in a New York Times article as a possible political move to counter "soft on crime" accusations.^The article was written by a reporter from The New York Times.

^The excerpt also touches upon how after the impeachment trial, pseudo-scandal mongering by the media — including the New York Times — helped deflect public attention from President Clinton’s struggle with terrorism.” .

.According to some sources Clinton was a death penalty opponent in his early years who switched positions.^Richard Clarke, who has now been appointed counterterrorism “tsar” (see May 22, 1998 ), drafted PDD-67 earlier in the year (see Early 1998 ).

[58][59].During Clinton's term, Arkansas performed its first executions since 1964 (the death penalty was re-enacted on March 23, 1973).^It did during Clinton's time, when there were several years of deficit spending, and it did during Bush's term.

.However, Clinton was the first President to pardon a death row inmate since the federal death penalty was reintroduced in 1988.[61] Federal executions were resumed under his successor George W. Bush.^First first lady to come under criminal investigation - Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case - First president to establish a legal defense fund.

^Clinton, who presided over an economic boom-time -- and who left office with the federal budget in surplus, only to see his successor, George W. Bush, set new record deficits, followed by the even higher records that Obama faces now -- suggested that the worst recession since the Great Depression will be with us for a while: "The average people need to feel this recovery,'' he said.

1996 assassination attempt

.Law professor Ken Gromley's book The Death of American Virtue, due for publication in February 2010, reveals that Clinton escaped a 1996 assassination attempt in the Philippines by terrorists working for Osama bin Laden.^Mid-August 1998: Clinton Authorizes Assassination of bin Laden .

[62].He was saved shortly before his car was due to drive over a bridge where a bomb was planted, during his visit to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Manila in 1996. Gromley said he was told the details of the bomb plot by Louis Merletti, a former director of the Secret Service.^Republican Congress and former FBI Director Louis Freeh (who allied himself with the anti-Clinton forces) undercut Clinton’s efforts to fight terrorism.

^Guardian, 8/26/1998 ] CNN will report in 1998, “The United States was aware of the planned attempt before the president left for the Philippines and as a result, security around the president was intensified.” [ CNN, 8/25/1998 ] Secret Service sources will later report that large sums of counterfeit US currency were entering the Philippines during the time of the plot.

^I am able to connect uconnectable, ecology and economics directly or indirectly, and I'm giving to anyone a free house and its fully comfort, a free car with free drive gas.

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.Clinton was scheduled to visit a local politician in central Manila, when secret service officers intercepted a message suggesting that an attack was imminent.^Clinton comes to the Philippines as scheduled and no attack takes place.

A transmission used the words "bridge" and "wedding", supposedly a terrorist's code word for assassination. .The motorcade was re-routed and the US agents later discovered a bomb planted under the bridge.^As the majority of us already understand, our Constitution and the values which it heralds, have come under attack from agents within our own government.

.The report said the subsequent US investigation into the plot "revealed that it was masterminded by a Saudi terrorist living in Afghanistan named Osama bin Laden". Gromley said "It remained top secret except to select members of the US intelligence community.^At the top of the list is dealing with Osama bin Laden.

^But by inviting the extremist element of the American Muslim community—represented by the AMC—the administration undercuts moderate Muslims and strengthens the groups committing terrorist attacks.” [ Wall Street Journal, 3/13/1996 ] It will later be reported that in 1994, US intelligence discovered that the AMC helped pass money from bin Laden to Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman, but it is not known if Clinton was aware of this (see Shortly After March 1994 ).

.At the time, there were media reports about the discovery of two bombs, one at Manila airport and another at the venue for the leaders' meeting".^January 25-27, 2001: Media Abuzz with Reports of Vandalized, Looted Air Force One .

^It should be interesting to look up the date of this meeting (above), and see what kind of comments Reagan offers (there is an official transcript of the report and their meeting and brief Rose Garden Q&A).

Second term, 1997–2001

.In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49.2% of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole (40.7% of the popular vote) and Reform candidate Ross Perot (8.4% of the popular vote), becoming the first Democrat to win presidential reelection since Franklin Roosevelt.^I am a Democrat and voted for Clinton, but facts are facts.

^But “Spiro Agnew is gone, and the wedge politics he honed aren’t cutting for the GOP this year.” Agnew’s “politics of polarization” do not work anymore, Alter observes, but adds that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole is still trying to use Agnew-like tactics in his own campaign to defeat incumbent Bill Clinton.

.The Republicans lost a few seats in the House and gained a few in the Senate, but overall retained control of the Congress.^It is Congress that regulates the banks, both the Senate Banking Committee (headed by Democrat Chris Dodd) and the House Banking Committee (headed by Democrat Barney Frank).

Impeachment and trial in the Senate

.The House held no serious impeachment hearings before the mid-term elections.^No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

.Though the mid-term elections held in November 1998 were at the 6-year point in an 8-year presidency (a time in the electoral cycle where the party holding the White House usually loses Congressional seats) the Democratic Party gained several seats.^President Clinton was an embarrassment to the White House.

.While the House Judiciary Committee hearings ended in a straight party line vote, there was lively debate on the House floor.^There a residence could properly be a home in a cave carved into the hillside, and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) leadership shared a compound of such houses.

.The two charges passed in the House (largely on the basis of Republican support but with a handful of Democratic votes as well) were for perjury and obstruction of justice.^The fact is the democrats voted with republicans to go into Iraq.

^The act, which passed with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate, was written by Trent Lott (R-MS) and other Republicans with significant input from Ahmed Chalabi and his aide, Francis Brooke.

.The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Monica Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit (later dismissed, appealed and settled for $850,000)[65] brought by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones.^He takes the whip to Republicans in Congress; Louis J. Freeh, the former F.B.I. director; the National Rifle Association; and even the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously in 1997 that Paula Jones's sexual harassment case against him could go forward while he was in office."

^Washington Post, 1/17/1999 ] Accusations of Political Distraction - Many of Clinton’s political opponents, including Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators and radio hosts, accuse Clinton, both during and after the strikes, of attempting to use a military operation to distract the nation from his admission of a sexual liaison with intern Monica Lewinsky.

The obstruction charge was based on his actions during the subsequent investigation of that testimony. The Senate later voted to acquit Clinton on both charges.[66].The Senate refused to convene to hold an impeachment trial before the end of the old term, so the trial was held over until the next Congress.^The economy was fine until 2006 when democrats took over the senate and congress and promised CHANGE. They said at the time that their goal was to get a democrat president elected.

.Clinton was represented by Washington law firm Williams & Connolly.^Should the laws permit, William Jefferson Clinton should also be put on trial for crimes against the people of the America’s but not for Treason.

.The Senate concluded a twenty-one day trial on February 12, 1999, with the vote on both counts falling short of the Constitutional two-thirds majority requirement to convict and remove an office holder.^But he’s lied from day one, and will do so under oath if required by a Democrat House or Senate.

.The final vote was generally along party lines, with no Democrats voting guilty.^The Democratic Party has an interest nationally and progressives generally don't want to lose the governorship of New York, for goodness sake.

Some Republicans voted not guilty for both charges. On the perjury charge, fifty-five senators voted to acquit, including ten Republicans, and forty-five voted to convict; on the obstruction charge the Senate voted 50-50.[67]

Military and foreign events

Countries visited by President Clinton during his terms in office.

.Numerous military events occurred during Clinton's presidency.^US President William Jefferson (“Bill”) Clinton was a participant or observer in the following events: .

.This resulted in an urban battle that killed 18 American soldiers, wounded 73 others, and one was taken prisoner.^Under Bush: more than 30,000 Americans killed or wounded by foreign terrorists/fighters .

^Lying about sex vs. Morally and ethiclally a lie is a lie, but they do differ in severity when one results in a damaged image and the other results in a failed war effort (the war is not over) and the loss of 2,600 Americans (not to mention British etc.

There were many more Somali casualties. Some of the American bodies were dragged through the streets and broadcasted on television news programs. In response, U.S. forces were withdrawn from Somalia and later conflicts were approached with fewer soldiers on the ground.

In 1995 U.S. and NATO aircraft attacked Bosnian Serb targets to halt attacks on U.N. safe zones and to pressure them into a peace accord. .Clinton deployed U.S. peacekeepers to Bosnia in late 1995 to uphold the subsequent Dayton Agreement.^August 11, 1995: Clinton Vetoes Bill for US to Defy UN Weapons Embargo on Bosnia .

.In response to the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa that killed a dozen Americans and hundreds of Africans, Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan.^Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke will later claim that he worries Clinton might let the timing of the scandal get in the way of acting on new intelligence to hit Osama bin Laden with a missile strike in retaliation for the recent African embassy bombings (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998 ).

^But I fully supported Clinton when he launched a cruise missile attack against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and the Sudan, where, as Richard Clarke and Sandy Berger said, Al Qaeda was working with Iraqi nerve gas experts at the al Shifa plant.

^Bush said that day that Cheney would direct a government-wide review on managing the consequences of a domestic attack, and “I will periodically chair a meeting of the National Security Council to review these efforts.” Neither Cheney’s review nor Bush’s took place….

[72].Opinions in the popular press criticized pre-war genocide statements by the Clinton administration as greatly exaggerated.^(In 2005, former Clinton administration officials will confirm that Clinton was quite willing to go to war with North Korea if need be.

[73][74].A U.N. Court ruled genocide did not take place, but recognized, "a systematic campaign of terror, including murders, rapes, arsons and severe maltreatments".[75] The term "ethnic cleansing" was used as an alternative to "genocide" to denote not just ethnically motivated murder but also displacement, though critics charge there is no difference.^And there is just no proof.

Together we must also confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons, and the outlaw states, terrorists and organized criminals seeking to acquire them.^New type of criminals ,new way of terrorist !!??

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^The target was supposed to al-queda and WMD’S (should be nuclear, biological and chemical weapons but Bush cannot pronounce all of those words).

.Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them.^NOT able to get Jobs in Foreign countries and have to live in this hindu nation only ,have to provide educations to these people kids in this nation only !!

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^And one should not need to mention, but will anyway, that the French were violating the Arms embargo, and were selling missile systems to Hussein…missiles that, by the by, could easily be adapted to carry biological or chemical warheads?

.The United Nations weapons inspectors have done a truly remarkable job, finding and destroying more of Iraq's arsenal than was destroyed during the entire gulf war.^And in December we will have been in Iraq longer than we were in World War II. How can anyone still believe that we should have went into Iraq.

.Now, Saddam Hussein wants to stop them from completing their mission.^Saddam Hussein was brought in for his first trial in his old Baathist party headquarters in what is now the Green Zone in Baghdad.

.I know I speak for everyone in this chamber, Republicans and Democrats, when I say to Saddam Hussein, "You cannot defy the will of the world", and when I say to him, "You have used weapons of mass destruction before; we are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again.^According to author Steve Coll, the directive is the “first official recognition by any American president” of the threat posed by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction.

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^I am proud of Bill and the only negative thing I can say to him, is seriously you are just supporting this NOW? Way to stay current dude .

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.To weaken Saddam Hussein's grip of power, Clinton signed H.R. 4655 into law on October 31, 1998, which instituted a policy of "regime change" against Iraq, though it explicitly stated it did not speak to the use of American military forces.^President Clinton signs the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (ILA) into law.

^[Source: Public domain] On December 4, 1998, an item in President Clinton’s Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) is titled, “Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks.” The PDB says “Bin Laden and is allies are preparing for attacks in the US, including an aircraft hijacking to obtain the release of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman, Ramzi Yousef, and Muhammad Sadiq ‘Awda.

^[Source: US Navy] The US and Britain launch a joint series of over 250 air strikes against Iraqi military targets, in a campaign dubbed “Operation Desert Fox.” The air strikes are designed to, in the mission statement released by the US Navy, “degrade Saddam Hussein’s ability to make and to use weapons of mass destruction,” to “diminish Saddam Hussein’s ability to wage war against his neighbors,” and to “demonstrate to Saddam Hussein the consequences of violating international obligations.” The air strikes are carried out by US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft from the USS Enterprise, from US and British military bases in the region.

[81].Clinton remained popular with the public throughout his two terms as President, ending his presidential career with a 65% approval rating, the highest end-of-term approval rating of any President since Dwight D. Eisenhower.^I don't care what President Clinton has to say about anything–especially on issues of marriage.

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^Also I think the presidential now Obama a good man but a bad politician with no strength to have this kind of two former presidents.

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^[Source: NBC] President Clinton and President-Elect Bush meet for their "exit interview," in a two-hour meeting.

[31].Following the peace talk failures, Clinton stated Arafat "missed the opportunity" to facilitate a "just and lasting peace."^Before meeting with Clinton and Arafat, Netanyahu meets with conservative televangelist and political activist Jerry Falwell—and a thousand of Falwell’s most devoted followers.

.In November 1993 David Hale, the source of criminal allegations against Bill Clinton in the Whitewater affair, alleged that Clinton, while governor of Arkansas, pressured him to provide an illegal $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal, the partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater land deal.^President Bill Clinton calls him “my partner and my friend.

^BACKGROUND: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton suddenly burst onto the national scene at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta with an agonizingly long speech, which sent him scrambling to the Tonight Show to poke fun at himself afterwards.

.A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation did result in convictions against the McDougals for their role in the Whitewater project, but the Clintons themselves were never charged, and Clinton maintains innocence in the affair.^The 911 Commission found that after the famous August security briefing, Bush did not do one iota.

^That suggests that, in all his digging and interviewing on the topic of Clinton at war, Halberstam never uncovered Clinton’s war on terror, or did not experience Clinton’s people pounding the table and emphasizing its importance.

Attempted capture of Osama bin Laden

.Capturing Osama bin Laden has been an objective of the United States government since the presidency of Bill Clinton.^President Bill Clinton signs a memorandum of notification authorizing the CIA to kill Osama bin Laden.

[87].It has been asserted that on three separate occasions in 1996, 1998, and 2000, while the Clinton Administration had begun pursuit of the policy, the Sudanese government allegedly offered to arrest and extradite Bin Laden as well as to provide the United States detailed intelligence information about growing militant organizations in the region, including Hezbollah and Hamas,[88] and that U.S. authorities allegedly rejected each offer despite knowing of bin Laden's involvement in bombings on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.^Mid-August 1998: Clinton Authorizes Assassination of bin Laden .

However, the 9/11 Commission found that although "former Sudanese officials claim that Sudan offered to expel Bin Laden to the United States", "we have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim."[89]

Law license suspension

.Clinton was ordered to pay $25,000 in fines to Arkansas state's bar officials and his Arkansas law license was suspended for five years.^That, HUD estimated, would have "benefited" 600,000 families in the first five years.

[90] The agreement came on the condition that Whitewater prosecutors would not pursue federal perjury charges against him.[91].Clinton was suspended by the Supreme Court in October 2001, and, facing disbarment from that court, Clinton resigned from the Supreme Court bar in November.^First president to be held in contempt of court - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad - First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court .

Troopergate

.Troopergate is the popular name of a scandal involving allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-Governor Bill Clinton.^I couldn’t believe FAUX was stupid enough to think that they could fool or stump Bill Clinton.

Pardons and campaign finance

.Clinton issued 141 pardons and 36 commutations on his last day in office on January 20, 2001.[31][93] Most of the controversy surrounded Marc Rich and allegations that Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, accepted payments in return for influencing the president's decision-making regarding the pardons.^He remains president until January 2001.

[94].Some of Clinton's pardons remain a point of controversy.^The Washington Post gives some of the details and forecasts what Clinton can do for Kerry in the remaining sixteen days before the election.

.The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to influence the domestic policies of the United States, prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.^The Republicans during Clinton’s administration were treasonous.

.In addition to his two Supreme Court appointments, Clinton appointed 66 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 305 judges to the United States district courts.^First president to be held in contempt of court - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad - First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court .

.His total of 373 judicial appointments, is second in American history, behind Ronald Reagan.^AMERICAN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN HOSTS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C., JANUARY 27, 1983 .

Approval

.Clinton's job approval rating ranged from 36% in mid-1993 to 64% in late 1993 and early 1994.[100] In his second term, his rating was consistently ranged from the high-50s to the high-60s.^But Bill Clinton is six weeks younger than his successor, and was only fifty-four when he finished his second term.

[101].After his impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999, Clinton's rating reached its highest point at 73% approval.^In 1998, President Clinton faces a growing scandal about his sexual relationship with aide Monica Lewinsky, and even faces the possibility of impeachment over the matter.

[102].He finished with an approval rating of 68%, which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era.^So it was left to an angry woman in this city in which, as the Soviets saw it, they helped save the world from the Nazis, to inform me that President Ronald Reagan had threatened to bomb the USSR. .

As he was leaving office, a CNN/USA TODAY/Gallup poll revealed 45% said they'd miss him. .While 55% thought he "would have something worthwhile to contribute and should remain active in public life", 68% thought he'd be remembered for his "involvement in personal scandal", and 58% answered "No" to the question "Do you generally think Bill Clinton is honest and trustworthy?". 47% of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters.^Thank you Bill Clinton!

47% said he would be remembered as either "outstanding" or "above average" as a president while 22% said he would be remembered as "below average" or "poor".[104]

.The Gallup Organization published a poll in February 2007 asking respondents to name the greatest president in U.S. history; Clinton came in fourth place, capturing 13% of the vote.^President Clinton, you are the greatest.

.In a 2006 Quinnipiac University poll asking respondents to name the best president since World War II, Clinton ranked 3% behind Ronald Reagan to place second with 25% of the vote.^So it was left to an angry woman in this city in which, as the Soviets saw it, they helped save the world from the Nazis, to inform me that President Ronald Reagan had threatened to bomb the USSR. .

.However, in the same poll, when respondents were asked to name the worst president since World War II, Clinton placed 1% behind Richard Nixon and 18% behind George W. Bush to come in third with 16% of the vote.^MAY 1, 2006: May Day Today's " turning point " in Iraq (so declared by George W. Bush on the third anniversary of "Mission Accomplished") as the new "light at the end of the tunnel"?

.In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned.^MAY 1, 2006: May Day Today's " turning point " in Iraq (so declared by George W. Bush on the third anniversary of "Mission Accomplished") as the new "light at the end of the tunnel"?

[106]ABC News characterized public consensus on Clinton as, "You can't trust him, he's got weak morals and ethics – and he's done a heck of a good job."[107] Clinton's 66% Gallup Poll approval rating was also the highest Gallup approval rating of any Postwar President leaving office, three points ahead of Reagan.[13]

Clinton reading with a child in Chicago, September, 1998.

Public image

.As the first Baby Boomer president, Clinton was the first president in a half-century not to have been shaped by World War II. Authors Martin Walker and Bob Woodward state Clinton's innovative use of soundbite-ready dialogue, personal charisma, and public perception-oriented campaigning was major for his high public approval ratings.^First president to be held in contempt of court - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad - First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court .

.Clinton drew strong support from the African American community and made improving race relations a major theme of his presidency.^Former President Clinton mentions some very wealthy people, Gates, Buffett, who are supporting very liberal ideals.

.In 2008, Morrison's sentiments were raised anew as Barack Obama, who would later become the country's first African-American President, ran for the presidency.^Korea would have become a communist country.

.After endorsing Obama, Morrison distanced herself from her 1998 remark about Clinton, saying that it was misunderstood.^I don't care what President Clinton has to say about anything–especially on issues of marriage.

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^But it says what we knew along about Clinton and what we forgot about him over the past 8 disaster years.

.She noted that she has "no idea what his real instincts are, in terms of race" and said she was only describing the way he was being treated during the impeachment trial as an equivalent to a poor black person living in the ghetto.^I have no idea and really don’t care.

^It's just nice to see someone finally come to their senses and realize that they have no right to interfere in the lives of two consenting adults.

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[115].Obama himself, when asked in a Democratic debate about Morrison's declaration of Clinton as "black", replied that Clinton had an enormous "affinity" with the black community, but joked he would need to see Clinton's dancing ability before judging him to be black.^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

Sexual misconduct allegations

.Throughout his career, Clinton has been subject to various allegations of sexual misconduct, though only his extramarital sexual relationships with Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers have been admitted by him.^Defense Secretary William Cohen also warns Clinton that he will be criticized for changing the subject from the Lewinsky scandal.

.For alleged misconduct during his governorship Paula Jones brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton while he was president.^President Clinton is briefed on the developments, but no action against Pakistan or China is taken at this time.

.Clinton argued that as a sitting president, he should not be vulnerable to a civil suit of this nature.^Clinton represented everything that a president should be: a man of integrity, honor, charisma, and intellect.

.The Supreme Court held that "Deferral of this litigation until petitioner's Presidency ends is not constitutionally required."^First president to be held in contempt of court - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions - Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad - First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court .

.However, a U.S. judge in Arkansas, Susan Webber Wright, ruled that since Jones had not suffered any damages, the case should be dismissed.^You should ask yourselves, what has improved while these Republican nut cases have been in charge since 1994?

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[119] This judge had been one of Clinton's students at the University of Arkansas. On April 2, 1998, Judge Susan Webber Wright dismissed Jones' lawsuit.[120] In July, Jones filed an appeal and prevailed.

.During the deposition for the Jones lawsuit which was held at the White House,[121] Clinton denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky – a denial that became the basis for the impeachment charge of perjury.^President Clinton was an embarrassment to the White House.

^Washington Post, 1/17/1999 ] Accusations of Political Distraction - Many of Clinton’s political opponents, including Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators and radio hosts, accuse Clinton, both during and after the strikes, of attempting to use a military operation to distract the nation from his admission of a sexual liaison with intern Monica Lewinsky.

.On November 18, 1998, Clinton agreed to an out-of-court settlement, and agreed to pay Jones and her attorneys a sum of $850,000.00.[122] Clinton, however, still offered no apology to Jones and still denied ever engaging in a sexual affair with her.^In 1998, President Clinton faces a growing scandal about his sexual relationship with aide Monica Lewinsky, and even faces the possibility of impeachment over the matter.

.In 1998, Kathleen Willey alleged Clinton sexually assaulted her four years previously.^This memo follows another one signed by Clinton the previous year that allowed the agency to use a group of tribal fighters to kill bin Laden (see December 24, 1998 ).

.In 1998, Juanita Broaddrick alleged she was raped by Clinton some twenty years previously.^Pardon - In 1998, Senator Daniel Moynihan (D-NY) will call Morison’s conviction an “anomaly,” the only one of its kind in 81 years, and ask President Clinton to pardon Morison.

The accusations by Willey and Broaddrick were never brought before a court. The independent counsel determined Willey gave "false information" to the FBI and inconsistent sworn testimony related to the Jones allegation. .Broaddrick's only sworn testimony about Clinton was a previous denial of any harassment by Clinton.^Clinton is livid and yells at Sharif for breaking promises, not only about Kashmir but also about failing to help with bin Laden.

.Gracen later apologized to Hillary Clinton for having sex with Bill.^August 4th, 2009 4:23 pm ET Bill has helped undermine Hillary Clinton's ability to project power and compentence in her position around the world.

Dolly Kyle Browning alleged that she and Clinton engaged in a long sexual affair.[125] Browning began writing a "semi-autobiographical novel" about the affair. .In the publication process, Browning asserted that Clinton did everything in his power to prohibit and undermine publication.^He says he did everything in his power – really?

Post-presidential career

Public speaking and campaigning

Hillary Clinton re-enacts being sworn in as a U.S. Senator by Vice President Gore as Bill and Chelsea Clinton observe.

.At the end of his presidency, Clinton moved to New York and helped his wife get elected to the Senate there.^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

.Clinton also has spoken around the world about politics and policy issues, often speaking before businesses and charities for over $100,000 a speech..^August 4th, 2009 4:23 pm ET Bill has helped undermine Hillary Clinton's ability to project power and compentence in her position around the world.

[127].In 2007, Clinton met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and spoke at the Ontario economic summit.^Clinton asks the UN to consider economic sanctions; in response, North Korea says sanctions will trigger a war.

Published work

.In 2007, he released, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World which became a bestseller and gandered positive reviews.^The World Commission gives “The Global Agenda for Changes“, making the Foundation for development, rescuing the planet and its children .

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^How about getting off the air and letting us enjoy some positive spins instead?

William Clinton Foundation

The William J. Clinton Foundation promotes and provides for a number of humanitarian causes. Within the foundation, the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative (CHAI) strives to make treatment for HIV/AIDS more affordable and to implement large-scale integrated care, treatment, and prevention programs. .While in Sydney to attend a Global Business Forum, Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of his presidential foundation with the Australian government to promote HIV/AIDS programs in the Asia-Pacific region.^President Clinton issues Presidential Decision Directive 67 (PDD-67), which updates the US Continuity of Government (COG) program in line with the emerging threat posed by terrorists.

.The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), funded by the Clinton Foundation, was inaugurated September 15–17, 2005, in New York City to coincide with the 2005 World Summit.^[Source: ABC News] George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd US President, replacing Bill Clinton.

^Today, the place to hear him think out loud is at the annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, where he gathers hundreds of heads of state, business moguls, nonprofit executives, academics, and even Hollywood stars not just to talk about the world's problems but to do something about them.

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^Clinton, Mr. Clinton was no longer president—on the last flight to New York… was stripped bare.

.The focus areas of the initiative include attempts to address world problems such as global public health, poverty alleviation and religious and ethnic conflict.^He was told the interview would focus on his nonpartisan efforts to raise over $7 billion to combat the world’s biggest problems .

Clinton announced through the William J. Clinton Foundation an agreement by major soft drink manufacturers to stop selling sugared sodas and juice drinks in public primary and secondary schools within the United States, on May 3, 2005.[132]

.The foundation has received donations from a number of foreign governments, including the king of Morocco, a foundation linked to the United Arab Emirates, and the governments of Kuwait and Qatar.^Statement on the Sale of F16 Aircraft to the United Arab Emirates .

In 2008 newspapers reported that "Mr. Clinton had travelled to Kazakhstan with a Canadian mining magnate, Frank Giustra, to meet its dictator president. Mr. Giustra later won three lucrative uranium mining contracts from the government and then donated $US31 million to Mr. Clinton's charity."[133]

Relations with George H. W. Bush

.In the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, Clinton established, with fellow former President George H. W. Bush, the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and Bush-Clinton Tsunami Fund, for which they were awarded the 2006 Philadelphia Liberty Medal on October 5, 2006.[134] They spoke together at the funeral of Boris Yeltsin.^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

.Five days later, to raise money for relief through the USA Freedom Corps, Clinton and Bush appeared on the FoxSuper Bowl XXXIX pre-game show.^CNN, 12/19/2000 ] Clinton gives Bush his list of his top five priorities.

[137].Thirteen days later, to see the relief efforts, they traveled to the affected areas.^Just one day later, Clinton will brief incoming President Bush on the al-Qaeda threat (see December 19, 2000 ).

Environment

.To create the Clinton Foundation Climate Change Initiative (CCI), the William J. Clinton Foundation entered into a partnership with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group on August 1, 2006, agreeing to provide resources to allow the participating cities to enter into an energy-saving product purchasing consortium and to provide technical and communications support.^Defense Secretary William Cohen also warns Clinton that he will be criticized for changing the subject from the Lewinsky scandal.

^Are you looking for votes for your wife in the next presidential campaign?

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.Some worried that as an ex-president, he was too active on the trail, too negative to Clinton rival Barack Obama, and alienating his supporters at home and abroad.^August 4th, 2009 4:26 pm ET In this case, President Clinton is a government emissary working on behalf of the Obama administration; where he has 'succeeded', the government has 'succeeded'; where he has 'failed', the government has 'failed'.

[141]."[142].Many were especially critical of him following his remarks in the South Carolina primary, which Obama won.^Remarks at the Dedication of Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina .

.Later in the 2008 primaries, there was some rivalry infighting between Bill and Hillary's staffs, especially in Pennsylvania.^Some of those provisions were restored in the compromise bill.” [ CNN, 4/18/1996 ; New York Times, 4/25/1996 ; Roberts, 2008, pp.

[143][144].Based on Bill's remarks, many thought that he couldn't rally Hillary supporters behind Obama after Obama won the primary.^Kudo's to Clinton, and Kudo's to Obama and Hillary, that they do not feel threatened by the intervention of Bill.

[145] Such remarks lead to apprehension that the party would be split to the detriment of Obama's election. Fears were allayed August 27, 2008 when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is "ready to lead".[146]

Trip to North Korea

.Clinton made an unannounced trip to North Korea, a country with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations, on August 4, 2009.[147] Clinton arrived in Pyongyang in order to negotiate the release of U.S. citizens Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were imprisoned by North Korean forces for illegally entering the country from China while filming a documentary and given a 12-year sentence.^But Clinton also extends diplomatic offerings to North Korea.

[148].His visit to North Korea was the second such trip by a former U.S. President, the other occurring when Jimmy Carter visited in 1994.[148] After Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim issued a special pardon for the two journalists.^President Clinton visits Pakistan.

[149].On the morning of August 5, the journalists were released from custody and flew home to the United States with Clinton.^August 4th, 2009 4:22 pm ET Call me crazy, but I'm guessing that Bill Clinton, the Secretary of State, and President were collaborating on this.

^August 4th, 2009 3:59 pm ET Regarding Bill Clinton and the pardoning of those journalists: I think that Clinton had obviously planned this trip and intervention in N. Korea, with a deal to release the journalists before he even went over there.

[14].On January 16, 2010, in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that Clinton and George W. Bush will coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti's recovery.^Should there be an opportunity to use President George W. Bush, we should do that too.

Health

In September 2004, Clinton received a quadruple bypass surgery.[152].On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City after complaining of chest pains, and had two coronary stents implanted in his heart.^US Department of Homeland Security, 7/9/2003 ; US Department of Homeland Security, 11/8/2004 ] On 9/11, one or possibly both the cities targeted—Washington and New York—will be less than three weeks from major events that have been designated as NSSEs (see 8:30 a.m.

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[160].On October 17, 2002, Clinton became the first white person to be inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.^August 17-Late August 1998: President Clinton Criticized for Using Missile Strike on Al-Qaeda as Distraction from Personal Sex Scandal .

^This plan will later be used for the 1999 North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 50th anniversary celebration in Washington, the 2000 Republican convention in Philadelphia, the 2000 Democratic convention in New York, and the George W. Bush inauguration in 2001.

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.Clinton was awarded the honor for his "outstanding leadership for the good of mankind during two terms as U.S. president" and his commitment to the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other health challenges in developing countries.^The right-wing is responible for interfering, during the 8 years Clinton was president, with the country’s ability to handle the terrorist threat by distracting our leaders with made-up scandals and witch-hunts that had nothing to do with the well-being of the nation.

^But neither CIA Director George Tenet nor President Bill Clinton had the will to wage a real fight against terrorists who were killing US citizens.” [ CNN, 12/15/2001 ; Berntsen and Pezzullo, 2005, pp.

.In Europe, Bill Clinton remains popular, especially in a large part of the Balkans and in Ireland.^August 4th, 2009 3:59 pm ET It says that Bill Clinton is a smooth-talking southerner (Arkansas is considered part of the South, right???

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.In Pristina, Kosovo, a five-story picture of the former president was permanently engraved into the side of the tallest building in the province as a token of gratitude for Clinton's support during the crisis in Kosovo.^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

^A 28 day vacation right before 9/11 - A ten day vacation during the Israeli-Lebanon crisis (Tony Blair was smart enough to postpone his vacation during this time) - A five week vacation right before and into Hurricane Katrina.

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.His term began January 1, 2009 and he succeeded Fmr.^August 4th, 2009 4:16 pm ET Bill Clinton succeeded in his two terms as President of the United States of America.

.On November 1, 2009 a statue of Bill Clinton was unveiled in Pristina, Kosovo.^August 4th, 2009 5:00 pm ET Bill Clinton succeeded because he is a brilliant politician and diplomat and he is internationally held in very high regard.

^ Livingston, C. Don, Kenneth A. Wink; "The Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives: Presidential Leadership or Presidential Luck?" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997

^If Al Gore had respected with me signed contract on 25.06.2007, today he would have been the president of the USA, CO2 would be reduced on 50% and saved half of the total damages of the climate changes from 800 billions.

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^With bracelets to attend The Live Earth Concerts (Al Gore) and the bracelets propose for Nobel Prize for Peace, not to beg in the streets, is an engaged pose, with what was lost any possibility to stop climate changes.

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Davis; John. ."The Evolution of American Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism: Clinton and Bush Perspectives" White House Studies, Vol.^Events this week have made it exceptionally difficult for all but the most rabidly irrational partisans to deny that the White House’s strategy in Iraq has been a dismal failure.

Fisher; Patrick. "Clinton's Greatest Legislative Achievement? the .Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill" White House Studies, Vol.^I now hope Hilary runs and wins in 2008, if only to have Bill back in the White House.

Gormley, Kenneth, The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs Starr.^The number one issue for Clinton is Pakistan’s nuclear program, since Pakistan had recently illegally developed and exploded a nuclear weapon (see May 28, 1998 ).

Johnson, Fard. ."Politics, Propaganda and Public Opinion: The Influence of Race and Class on the 1993 - 1994 Health Care Reform Debate."^Jack, we should send Bill out to explain Health Care Reform at the Town Hall meetings.

Laham, Nicholas, A Lost Cause: Bill Clinton's Campaign for National Health Insurance (1996)

Lanoue, David J. and Craig F. Emmert; "Voting in the Glare of the Spotlight: Representatives' Votes on the Impeachment of President Clinton" Polity, Vol.^I can certainly understand why former President Bill Clinton lost his temper at Chris Wallace when the Fox News reporter asked him: [...

Livingston, C. Don, Kenneth A. Wink; "The Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives: Presidential Leadership or Presidential Luck?"^December 10, 1993: Clinton Signs North American Free Trade Agreement .

Maurer; Paul J. "Media Feeding Frenzies: Press Behavior during Two Clinton Scandals" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol.^He crashes into a wall two stories below the presidential bedroom (President Clinton is not there at the time).

^It is either that Bill Clinton or Chelsea is gay, or he is paving the way for a paving the way for Hillary or Chelsea in 2012.

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^The people at FOX along with repugs are clearly trying to change history with their fake stories and lies, so Bill Clinton has every right to get in their faces and smack them with the facts.

Schantz, Harvey L. Politics in an Era of Divided Government: Elections and Governance in the Second Clinton Administration (2001) ISBN 0-8153-3583-0

Wattenberg; Martin P. "The Democrats' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency: An Analysis of Partisan Swings" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol.^Jack, we should send Bill out to explain Health Care Reform at the Town Hall meetings.

.And so we must say to every
American: Look beyond the stereotypes that blind us.^HitleryClinton Says: February 13th, 2008 at 2:47 am How these people could possibly look at Bill Clinton as an official authoritative figure is beyond me.

We don't have a person to
waste. .And yet for too long politicians have told the most of us
that are doing all right that what's really wrong with America is
the rest of us.^Most of all Bill is BIl, long may he live.

Them. Them, the minorities. Them, the liberals.
Them, the poor. Them, the homeless. Them, the people with
disabilities. Them, the gays. .We've gotten to where we've nearly
"them"ed ourselves to death.^Can we fix the pickle we've ALL gotten ourselves into?

When I was in England I experimented with marijuana a
time or two—and didn't like it—and didn't inhale and never
tried inhaling again.^(A rare exception came during a light moment on the campaign trail last weekend, when Obama took Bill Clinton to task for saying during his 1992 presidential bid that he had smoked marijuana, but never inhaled.

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^Didn’t vote for him either time, I, like Charles Barkley, was a Republican until they went crazy.

.We must do what America does best: offer
more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.^She is working very hard to be the best senator she can be for New York, and I'm proud of all she has already accomplished for our state and America and the world.

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^"Over the past few years, I have emphasized three basic ideas—community, opportunity and responsibility—that I believe are at the heart of a more dynamic and prosperous America.

You know, we can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the
rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and
rifles—it's something I strongly support—we can't be so fixated on
that that we are unable to think about the reality of life that
millions of Americans face on streets that are unsafe, under
conditions that no other nation—no other nations—has permitted to
exist.

.And at some point, I still hope that the leadership of the
National Rifle Association will go back to doing what it did when I
was a boy and which made me want to be a lifetime member because
they put out valuable information about hunting and marksmanship
and safe use of guns.^Because we do just what they want, and what’s that?

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^They went to the northernmost outpost on Earth, in an island 600 miles north of Norway, where there was a sign on the door that said, "You can't go out at night without a gun because the polar bears will eat you."

^For those of you who are making the slippery slope argument, there is a bright line guide: consent.

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Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity
will be a Godsend in the 21st century.^Our campaign strategists debate today's political high points or low points, depending on how you want to look at them, when we come back.

.Great rewards will come to
those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge
new ties that bind together.^He should listen to his runnng mate Edward's words who says it is wishful thinking that an old dog can learn new tricks.

Abigail, do you favor the U.S. Army abolishing the affirmative
action program that produced Colin Powell?^He expertly steered the ship of state and when he turned up in January 1999 to deliver the State of the Union Address, he reported to the country that he was just fine, thank you.

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^Bill Clinton: Official Inaugural Invitation, Jan 20, 1997 in Congress of the United States envelope.

I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to
listen to me. I'm gonna say this again. .I did not have
sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinski. I never told
anybody to lie, not a single time, never.^Reminds me of when he assured the American public that he did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.

Next, we must help parents protect their children from the
gravest health threat that they face -- an epidemic of teen
smoking, spread by multimillion dollar marketing campaigns.^SEPTEMBER 16, 2005: White House Press Conference, September 16, 2005: Q "Mr.

.I
challenge Congress -- let's pass bipartisan, comprehensive
legislation that will improve public health, protect our tobacco
farmers and change the way tobacco companies do business forever.^The agrument of blamming the current administration (yes there were a ton of mistake by Bush) but Congress let a lot of things pass that shouldn't have.

Let's do what it takes to bring teen smoking down. .Let's raise the
price of cigarettes by up to $1.50 a pack over the next 10 years
with penalties on the tobacco industry if it keeps marketing to our
children.^Corporate criminal penalties for violations of the Iranian Transactions Regulations range up to $500,000, with individual penalties of up to $250,000 and 10 years in jail.